Major Snow Leopard Bug Said To Delete User Data 353
inglishmayjer was one of several readers to send in the news of a major bug in Apple's new OS, 10.6 Snow Leopard, that can wipe out all user data for the administrator account. It is said to be triggered — not every time — by logging in to the Guest account and then back in to the admin account. Some users are reporting that all settings have been reset and most data is gone. The article links to a number of Apple forum threads up to a month old bemoaning the problem. MacFixIt suggests disabling login on the Guest account and, if you need that functionality, creating a non-administrative account named something like Visitor. (The Guest account is special in that its settings are wiped clean after logout.) CNet reports that Apple has acknowledged the bug and is working on a fix.
Oh. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh. (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, yes, you would. Because there's an issue with Time Capsule power supplies crapping out ;-)
Hi, I'm a Mac! (Score:5, Funny)
... and I'm prone to alzheimers!
A big thank (Score:5, Funny)
to all early adopters for beta testing Snow Leopard for me.
Hi, I'm a Mac! (Score:5, Funny)
Hi, I'm a Mac! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hi, I'm a Mac! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Mac OS stole naming convention (Score:5, Funny)
Well.. (Score:5, Funny)
They did say that Snow Leopard frees up an extra 7GB for you...
What's the big deal? (Score:2, Funny)
Unix, Linux, Mac, even Windows lovers all agree that the biggest security hole in any operating system is the USER! Delete the worthless user, and the system will be much more secure! Mac needs to capitalize on this feature.
"Your users are compromising your security? Can't get a handle on all those backdoors? Now, you can delete the user, AND his data! Upgrade to OSX 10.666 now."
Re:This is a bad bug, yes, but... (Score:4, Funny)
Hey wait a minute, maybe the T-Mobile and Danger/MS guys tried to port their stuff to Macs....
I think MS showed us how to lose user data in a big way...
(Ducking and running for cover) :-)
Re:Oh. (Score:5, Funny)
So people who use that software only live less than a year and a half afterwards? Now THAT is some malware...
Ha-ha Windows users (Score:5, Funny)
We can't get a virus or trojans or....hey, where did my data go?
Re:Mac OS stole naming convention (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is a bad bug, yes, but... (Score:3, Funny)
No one is playing the holy wars game here. However, us Mac users and /. readers, are blaming this on a developer recently hired by Apple, on compassionate ground to support the developer and his family. Rumors have it that this developer used to work for MS, on the Windows.
The cloud! (Score:4, Funny)
Is not a bug, it is a feature (Score:1, Funny)
That's how it frees 7 GB of disk space
Re:Oh. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hi, I'm a Mac! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Mac OS stole naming convention (Score:2, Funny)
Mac OS X 10.7 Liger
"It's pretty much my favorite animal."
- Steve Jobs
This isn't a bug... It's iClean! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Oh. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Apple.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hi, I'm a Mac! (Score:4, Funny)
I have heard strange legends, from the lands beyond civilization, were barbarous beast-men devour one another, of places where there are more people than there are computers. Apparently, they are sometimes forced to share computers....
Hello from cannibal-land beyond civilization!
Just wanted to let you know: Problem solved! We just ate everyone who didn't want to share.
Course, now we have too many computers. And those things taste like shit...
Re:This is a bad bug, yes, but... (Score:3, Funny)
Ahh, I see you've never used Outlook...
Re:Mac OS stole naming convention (Score:1, Funny)
Only Mac users pay for pussies.
Re:Oh. (Score:4, Funny)
The evolution of language is a female dog?
Re: What comes around comes around (Score:3, Funny)